The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-12
rIELDEN AND scIIwAn.
The Latter Has n Long Conversation
with u Reporter.

CHICAGO, H., Nov. 11.--Fielden and
Schwab, the two anarchists whose SEN
fences were committed by Gov. Oglcsby to
life imprisonment, were not taken down to
the pcnitentlary ut Joliet today, as was ex-
pcctcd, though the necessary mttmus
have arrived from Springfield. The sheriff
had no men to spare today TO 90 with
them, and IL was thought inadvisable TO
take them on the noon train, ms 40 doing
might have resulted in the gathering Of
dangerous crowds ON the streets, and per-
haps violence. The sheriff states, how
ever, that the two men will be taken down
10 the pcntcntiary on tho train tomorrow
ON the Chicago & Alton railroad.
just after the executions reporter Wis
tied Samuel Ficldcn and Michael Schwab.
They had been assigned 10 cells in the
second tier, almost facing the door which
leads from the cngc into the jail Office.
Ficldcn was pacing up and down his cell,
with his hands cliEpcd behind him and his
busly beard pressed down close TO his
chest Now and then nc would stop and
east iurtiyc glance at the ilccting figures
of reporters and deputy shcrils in and out
Of the door below. The reporter Occosted
him with
"Mr. Fieldcn, It's all over"
YES, Il is all over" came the response
in half choking tone of voice, accom-
panied 10y u sad shake Of the head. at IL
all over" And that was all he would say.
just to the left OF Ficldcn's cell Michael
Schwab WIS confined. lie Eit on his couch
with his head buried in his hands. When
the reporter appeared at the iron grated
door ScEwab looked mp, and responsive TO
the scrihC's greeting, said Good day"
Yes he continued In his nnliyc
tongue, 81 heard the trap fall and knew at
once the end had come. They are dead
men now, and what say cannot influence
their iates or Conciliato mine, but say,
and with conscicniuusncss that III vie
Tins are under the same roof with me,
that the blind prejudice Of an unholy con-
spiucy hns murdered five men NJ innocent
oil the charge OF which they wcrc convicted
M babe unborn. But IL is done
and cannot be- undonc. Spies, Engcl,
Parsons, Fischer and l.ingg were no more
connected with the death Of Matthias j.
began than you are II Is useless to pro-
test the innocence OF the men caught in
the drag net OF the States attorney and
Capt Setback. ! expect 90 spend the
~ W NV lANlNifAl tAl lilNfllt Nlh Nlil
virtually dead 10 The world, but the crime
ior which We suffer will some day be
cleared mp. II may come in time 10 save
ficldrn and !. hut the men who forfeited
their lives today will ever stand stain Oh
The cscutchcon of the country"
"Nlr Srhwab, ~ asked the reporter, care
You satisfied with the work oil your coun-
sci Ia your bchali2'
"Ncs, and mo-. | believe that had the
proper method bcVn pursued We would
have hadscrarale trials, and no seven iurics
ever imrnnclcd wdrld hate found ~ all
even undw the evidence oonlurcd up,
guilty OF MI the crimes alleged"
You had eminent counsel the best
legal talent nttainablc."
YES" intcrjcctcd Schwnb. eve had
eminent counsel, true; but the damage
wrought could not be- repaired nj the late
hour they took hold oi the cusc. II we
had had The money which later poured in,
aud could have used u Vt the outset, not a
man Of M would have been held under
any OF the indictments Glod Capt
Black has worked hard, but hc has been
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